Photos: Touring the Flying Fortress at Hooks Airport

November 3, 2013 |Compiled by Howard Decker

The Commemorative Air Force hosted a tour and display of its B-17 Flying Fortress on Nov. 2 at the Tomball Jet Center at Hooks Airport. The historic B-17 was one of more than 12,000 bombers used primarily in World War II

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Commemorative Air Force Cadet Carolyn Bienvenu, of The Woodlands, sits in the cockpit, giving tour guests B-17 information during the B-17 bomber tour and flight at the Tomball Jet Center at Hooks Airport in Spring. Visitors could tour and fly on the B-17 owned and operated by the Commemorative Air Force Gulf Coast Wing based in Houston. Photo by David Hopper

David Hopper/for the chronicle

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Commemorative Air Force Cadet Carolyn Bienvenu, of The Woodlands, sits in the cockpit, giving tour guests B-17 information during the B-17 bomber tour and flight at the Tomball Jet Center at Hooks Airport in Spring. Visitors could tour and fly on the B-17 owned and operated by the Commemorative Air Force Gulf Coast Wing based in Houston. Photo by David Hopper